Prakash Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72949 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-44 Year-2022 Thana- BALTHAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== PRAKASH KUMAR Son of Prahalad Patel R/V- Balthar, P.S- Balthar, DistWest Champaran, PIn- 845307 ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ajeet Kumar Bhardwaj For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Zainul Abedin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 02-02-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 337, 338, 353, 186 and 188 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the learned court below.
As per the FIR, 373 named persons including the petitioners and 100 unknown persons reported to blockage of road and committed violence with the police party in protest of death of one person.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that there is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. He submits that there is no
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72949 of 2022(2) dt.02-02-2023 2/2 specific overt act against the petitioner. He further submits that similarly situated other co-accused person has already been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 08.12.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 47506/2022. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application.
Learned APP for the State opposes for prayer for bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Balthar P.S. Case No.44/2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T